Gujarat: FRC retains old fee structure for 636 technical colleges – Times of India

Ahmedabad : Fee Regulatory Committee It has decided not to make any change in the fee structure of 636 technical colleges which conduct courses for technical colleges in the state. engineering, pharmacy, architecture, MBA And MCA in 2023.
The committee is trying to persuade technical colleges not to revise their fee structure as the parents of the students have suffered financially due to the lockdown during the pandemic. Colleges are allowed to revise and increase their fee structure every three years. The amendment was to take place this year.
Sources said most colleges had agreed to the request, while some had insisted that their fee structure should be revised. The committee after talks assured all the colleges and announced that the fee structure would remain the same for 2023 as well.
Sources said a total of 377, including 304 member institutions of the Association of Self-Financed Colleges, had agreed to the proposal not to change the fee structure from 2020 to 2023. Another 171 colleges did not ask for any revision in the fee structure during the same period. Around 10 colleges had also asked the committee to reduce their existing fees.
The fee structure prescribed by the committee includes fees such as tuition, library, computer lab, gymnasium, internet, affiliation fee, sports fee and personality development training.
Colleges demanding reduction in fees
Demand for reduction in college course fee %
Amirraj College, Sanand Engineering 76,000 35
Jivraj Mehta Institute Anand Engineering 70,000 14
Jivraj Mehta Institute Anand Masters 70,000 14 . in planning
GIDC College, Navsari Engineering 68,000 63
ITM School, Vadodara Engineering 97,000 12
ITM School, Vadodara MBA 74,000 5
Shantaben Patel College, VV Nagar Architecture 1,32,000 32
AD Patel College, Karamsad ME 1,40,000 24
Dharamsingh Desai College, Nadiad ME 1,40,000 64
GH Patel College, VV Nagar ME 1,34,000 11